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RFID data collection and use

US7588185B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 7, 2001
Grant dateSep 15, 2009
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Expiry dateJun 7, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06K7/0008
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The present invention relates to various methods of collecting and using data from RFID tags associated with items of interest. In one embodiment, the permissible error tolerance associated with the location of an RFID-tagged item may be altered, either manually or automatically. In another embodiment, RFID-tagged items may be associated with certain categories of items, based either on default or user-specified categories.

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